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SUBMITTER: Colina C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2990702 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Colina Claudia C Palavicini Juan Pablo JP Srikumar Deepa D Holmgren Miguel M Rosenthal Joshua J C JJ
PLoS biology 20101123 11
Because firing properties and metabolic rates vary widely, neurons require different transport rates from their Na(+)/K(+) pumps in order to maintain ion homeostasis. In this study we show that Na(+)/K(+) pump activity is tightly regulated by a novel process, RNA editing. Three codons within the squid Na(+)/K(+) ATPase gene can be recoded at the RNA level, and the efficiency of conversion for each varies dramatically, and independently, between tissues. At one site, a highly conserved isoleucine ...[more]